A doula as photographer. A promised midwife as doula. A promised midwife as new mother (for the fifth time). A mother midwife who guides us all. We were on a tropical island as mama made her own waves, listening to ocean sounds from an iphone with a ceiling fan as the breeze. The birth was […]Read Post ›
He was in a hurry, but was born patient and smiling. So happy this mama got her home birth!
My sixteenth birth. Six hours. Rocky born in the caul (THAT was magic). Mama, papa and baby the most veteran newbies I’ve witnessed. Your love story has inspired me. Thank you for bursting into my life a mere three weeks ago. I’m gonna be stalking you for life.
An honor to attend my fifteenth birth and my third home birth. I’ve never seen Kristi’s husband and daughter so happy, and Kristi was her usual sweet, sweet self. PS: This babe lifted his head, latched by himself, and found his fingers in the first hour of life. And had the longest cord I’ve ever […]Read Post ›
Birth rarely goes as we plan, and yet, it’s always perfect. I was honored to play a doula and photographer role for this couple so full of love. Their experience is still with me. Her courage. His presence and emotion. And their wise and mysterious baby boy, who I get to squeeze on Friday. Each […]Read Post ›
There are so many things I love about this video. First and most important, we captured Ian’s very first meal. Then there’s my oxytocin high after 2 days of labor. And Evan’s complete deliriousness after 2 days of labor (notice he’s still able to crack wise). I’m finally starting to piece together the birth video […]Read Post ›
Mama Mandy 